On June 19, 2009 The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has issued a public statement on a possible interaction between clopidogrel (Plavix, Sanofi-Aventis/Bristol-Myers Squibb)and proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and has recommended that the product information for all clopidogrel-containing medicines be amended to discourage concomitant use of PPIs unless absolutely necessary. The UK medicines regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), has also issued advice to GPs that concomitant use of a PPI with clopidogrel is not recommended unless considered essential, urging a review of the prescribing of PPIs at the next appointment for patients taking clopidogrel. This follows an "early communication" issued by the US FDA earlier this year, stating that PPIs might interfere with the effectiveness of clopidogrel and that clinicians should reevaluate starting or continuing treatment with a PPI in patients taking clopidogrel.